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by LATrapp
February 24th, 2023, 10:51 pm
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 1
Views: 198

Boutique Hospitality Pourover

Hi all, I'm working on a hospitality project near Los Olivos in Santa Barbara County, CA. It's a small boutique outdoorsy yet elevated 'glamping cabins' sort of experience. In the cabins, we'd like to provide a pour over setup with a plug-in gooseneck kettle, V60 style filter holder and carafe. Well...
by LATrapp
August 10th, 2022, 6:39 pm
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 20
Views: 2495

Smallest Prosumer Espresso Machine

1000% a Decent. I have a LMLM and a Decent and I'd take the Decent all day every day. I have no use for portability, but it kicks the pants off of everything else. It's also not 'cheap' looking or feeling at all. I understand where you are coming from though as I thought the same before I got mine
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by LATrapp
September 27th, 2021, 11:42 pm
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 10
Views: 599

Kona Peaberry ($70 bag) Brewing tips?

Does it have a roast date on it? I've had some amazing Kona, but the sad part of the majority of tourist purchases of Kona is it's from the hotel gift shop, convenience store, airport etc. where it can sit for a while. Also, what drives Kona coffee prices is mostly the high labor costs, land costs etc
by LATrapp
June 15th, 2020, 2:07 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 172
Views: 20593

Decent Espresso V1.4

yes, I think this has been addressed before. There are so many shared parts between the steam and brew that lopping off the steam would lead to almost no savings in cost or size
by LATrapp
March 1st, 2020, 10:01 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 283
Views: 32105

La Marzocco Linea Mini - New features

While I agree with the reasoning here, just a reminder to everyone that unless your water supply quality is really well monitored, you're upping the possibility of scale being trapped in the gicleur. When I discussed the swap years ago with the local LM tech he mentioned that most of the local coffe...
by LATrapp
October 3rd, 2019, 11:07 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1977
Views: 181927

La Marzocco Linea Mini User Experience

Maybe post in the buy/sell/trade to see if anyone wants to swap colors
by LATrapp
September 30th, 2019, 3:11 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1977
Views: 181927

La Marzocco Linea Mini User Experience

I'm in S. California. Changed machines because of a move with new shallow countertop space (and no plumbing) in the only area where a machine makes sense. I grabbed a Decent which is very shallow in comparison but I still prefer the LM in terms of looks and speed once up to temp. The steam on the LM
by LATrapp
September 29th, 2019, 11:31 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1977
Views: 181927

La Marzocco Linea Mini User Experience

{image} White! 1000% They really did a great job with the finish and it cleans up with just a wipe. My past stainless machines are always full of fingerprints etc. EDIT: Hope this is allowed, but probably putting this up for sale soon if anyone's interested. The Terranova VL grinder too if there's i...
by LATrapp
September 8th, 2019, 12:20 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 58
Views: 3071

La Marzocco Home Espresso Subscription: Happy? Unhappy?

Other than being in San Diego rather than NYC, this mirrors my experience
by LATrapp
December 19th, 2018, 11:22 pm
Forum: Marketplace
Replies: 53
Views: 3910

Versalab M3 alignment kit

Haha! That's hilarious. I'd love to recount my experience with VL over the past 10 years while trying to keep it positive unlike your post. Their design is brilliant, they set the standard for single dose back in the day, and I have the utmost respect for John and what he's accomplished in the audio...